Morganton is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 17,825 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Morganton is the 61st largest community in North Carolina.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.12% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.09 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small city, Morganton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The overall education level of Morganton is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.08% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Morganton in 2022 was $29,317, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,268 for a family of four. However, Morganton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Morganton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Morganton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morganton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Morganton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.57% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Morganton include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Morganton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.